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*Democratic congressman from Georgia, [[John Lewis]] drew a rhetorical line connecting McCain to the white segregationist [[Alabama]] [[governor]] [[George Wallace]], and through Wallace to the 1963 church bombing in [[Birmingham]] that killed four girls. <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/10/12/john-lewis-smears-mccain-enabling-racist-violence-wapo-sugar-coats-it-bl John Lewis Smears McCain As Enabling Racist Violence; WaPo Sugar-Coats It In Blandness] NewsBusters.org, October 12, 2008</ref> Obama and the Democratic national party, distanced themselves, no rebuke, no apologies of Lewis's comments to McCain from either.

*Democratic congressman from Georgia, [[John Lewis]] drew a rhetorical line connecting McCain to the white segregationist [[Alabama]] [[governor]] [[George Wallace]], and through Wallace to the 1963 church bombing in [[Birmingham]] that killed four girls. <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/10/12/john-lewis-smears-mccain-enabling-racist-violence-wapo-sugar-coats-it-bl John Lewis Smears McCain As Enabling Racist Violence; WaPo Sugar-Coats It In Blandness] NewsBusters.org, October 12, 2008</ref> Obama and the Democratic national party, distanced themselves, no rebuke, no apologies of Lewis's comments to McCain from either.

*[[Washington Post]] editoral, ''false claims that Obama is [[Muslim]], that he trained to overthrow the government and that he was educated in Wahhabi schools are a standard part of the political discussion. These fake stories come from voices on the ultra right that have dabbled in other forms of conspiracy, including classic [[anti-Semitism]].'' <ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/13/AR2008101302173.html?hpid=opinionsbox1 McCain and the Raging Right] Washington Post, October 15, 2008</ref>

*[[Washington Post]] editoral, "''false claims that Obama is [[Muslim]], that he trained to overthrow the government and that he was educated in Wahhabi schools are a standard part of the political discussion. These fake stories come from voices on the ultra right that have dabbled in other forms of conspiracy, including classic [[anti-Semitism]].''" <ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/13/AR2008101302173.html?hpid=opinionsbox1 McCain and the Raging Right] Washington Post, October 15, 2008</ref>

*The [[Associated Press]] claimed, even mentioning the association with Ayers, as Sarah Palin did in a speech earlier in the week, signifies a hidden "racial tinge." <ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/09/beck.issues/index.html Obama doesn't make you a racist] CNN, October 9, 2008</ref>

*The [[Associated Press]] claimed, "''even mentioning the association with Ayers, as Sarah Palin did in a speech earlier in the week, signifies a hidden 'racial tinge.''" <ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/09/beck.issues/index.html Obama doesn't make you a racist] CNN, October 9, 2008</ref>

*In a statement Obama repeated three times, he said what George Bush and John McCain are ''“going to try to do is make you scared of me. You know, he’s not patriotic enough. He’s got a funny name. You know, he doesn’t look like all those other presidents on those dollar bills.”'' Neither has done any such thing, of course. McCain has distanced himself from attacks with the remotest hint of racial undertones. <ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZjI2NzFlYzZmNDRiNzkyNzU1YzJiZWZhYmFlNmJkYmQ= Obama’s Racism Card] NationalReviewOnline, August 1, 2008</ref> He has only made one small ad with Obama on the hundred dollar bill to highlight what Obama said. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDTJDv4hevU John McCain's Youtube Account]</ref>

*In a statement Obama repeated three times, he said what George Bush and John McCain are ''“going to try to do is make you scared of me. You know, he’s not patriotic enough. He’s got a funny name. You know, he doesn’t look like all those other presidents on those dollar bills.”'' Neither has done any such thing, of course. McCain has distanced himself from attacks with the remotest hint of racial undertones. <ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZjI2NzFlYzZmNDRiNzkyNzU1YzJiZWZhYmFlNmJkYmQ= Obama’s Racism Card] NationalReviewOnline, August 1, 2008</ref> One small ad afterward with Obama on the hundred dollar bill to highlight what Obama said. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDTJDv4hevU John McCain's Youtube Account]</ref>

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